Tom Bower

Born: 1938-01-03

Tom Bower (born January 1938) is an American actor who has appeared in a wide variety of television and film roles from 1973 to present. He played physician-husband Curt on The Waltons. He has held a number of prominent supporting roles including Dan Miller in the 2000 film Pollock and the gas station attendant in the 2006 film The Hills Have Eyes. He also plays the barkeep in the Battlestar Galactica episode, "Taking a Break from All Your Worries". He has also had many notable roles in films such as River's Edge, Beverly Hills Cop II, Die Hard 2, Clear and Present Danger, Nixon, and The Negotiator. His 2008-09 roles include Appaloosa, with Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen, Gospel Hill, with Danny Glover and Angela Bassett, as well as playing Pat McDonough, the father of Nicolas Cage's character, in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Sheriff Bob Maples in The Killer Inside Me, with Casey Affleck, and Crazy Heart with Jeff Bridges. Bower is also an award-winning stage actor.


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The Hills Have Eyes

as Gas Station Attendant
Released: 2006-03-10

Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a...

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El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

as Lou
Released: 2019-10-11

In the wake of his dramatic escape from captivity, Jesse Pinkman must come to terms with his...

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as Marvin
Released: 1990-07-03

One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy...

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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans

as Pat McDonagh
Released: 2009-09-11

Terrence McDonagh is a New Orleans Police sergeant, who recieves a medal and a promotion to...

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as Russ Fielding
Released: 1987-05-18

Axel Foley returns to the land of sunshine and palm trees to investigate the near-fatal shooting...

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High Crimes

as FBI Agent Mullins
Released: 2002-04-05

A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and...

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Nixon

as Frank Nixon
Released: 1995-12-22

A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while...

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13 Sins

as Father
Released: 2014-04-11

Drowning in debt as he's about to get married, a bright but meek salesman receives a mysterious...

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We Have a Ghost

as Ernest Scheller
Released: 2023-02-24

After Kevin finds a ghost named Ernest haunting his new home, he becomes an overnight social...

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as Dan Dugan
Released: 2013-11-09

Two brothers live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, when a cruel twist of fate lands one...

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as Omar (uncredited)
Released: 1998-07-29

The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed...

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Hearts in Atlantis

as Len Files
Released: 2001-09-28

A widowed mother and her son change when a mysterious stranger enters their lives.

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The Amateurs

as Floyd
Released: 2006-04-28

Sex sells in America and these guys know it. The Amateurs follows a small town band of loveable...

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River's Edge

as Bennett
Released: 1986-10-10

A group of high-school friends must come to terms with the fact that one of them, Samson, killed...

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Appaloosa

as Abner Raines
Released: 2008-09-19

Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find...

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The Million Dollar Hotel

as Hector
Released: 2000-02-09

A federal agent searches for a potential killer among the bizarre residents of a dilapidated Los...

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The Killer Inside Me

as Sheriff Bob Maples
Released: 2010-02-19

Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford is a pillar of the community in his small west Texas town, patient and...

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Light of My Life

as Tom
Released: 2019-08-09

Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped...

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North Country

as Gray Suchett
Released: 2005-02-12

A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United...

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Raymond & Ray

as Harris
Released: 2022-10-14

Half brothers Raymond and Ray reunite when their estranged father dies—and discover that his...

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Pollock

as Dan Miller
Released: 2000-09-06

In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson...

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Raising Cain

as Sgt, Cully
Released: 1992-08-07

When neighborhood kids begin vanishing, Jenny suspects her child psychologist husband, Carter,...

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True Believer

as Cecil Skell
Released: 1989-02-17

Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug...

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Digging for Fire

as Tom the Neighbor
Released: 2015-08-21

Tim and Lee are married with a young child. The chance to stay at a fancy home in the Hollywood...

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Crazy Heart

as Bill Wilson
Released: 2009-12-16

When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake—an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music...

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The Laramie Project

as Father Roger Schmit
Released: 2002-01-10

"The Laramie Project" is set in and around Laramie, Wyoming, in the aftermath of the murder of...

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Against the Wall

as Ed
Released: 1994-03-26

In 1971, a warden at Attica Penitentiary is caught up in a hostage crisis when inmates take over...

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Lamb

as Foster
Released: 2015-10-20

Lamb, based on the novel by Bonnie Nadzam, traces the self-discovery of David Lamb in the weeks...

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Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog

as John Gale
Released: 1995-01-13

Teenager Angus adopts a stray dog and names him Yellow. Several days later, while travelling...

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Lady in White

as Sheriff Saunders
Released: 1988-04-22

Locked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl...

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I Melt with You

as Captain Bob
Released: 2011-12-09

Former college friends meet up for a reunion that leads them to face the apparent...

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The Ballad of Little Jo

as Lyle Hogg (uncredited)
Released: 1993-08-20

After being thrown out of her home, a young woman decides to disguise herself as a man to...

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The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Part 1: The Moab Story

as Tom Fender
Released: 2003-05-24

The Tulse Luper Suitcases reconstructs the life of Tulse Luper, a professional writer and...

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White Man's Burden

as Stanley
Released: 1995-12-01

The story takes place in alternative America where the blacks are members of social elite, and...

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The Winds of Kitty Hawk

as William Tate
Released: 1978-12-17

The story of the Wright Brothers and their efforts to invent, build, and fly the world's first...

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Poodle Springs

as Arnie Burns
Released: 1998-07-25

Private eye Philip Marlowe and his bride move to a desert town, where he uncovers a land scheme.

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A Slipping Down Life

as Mr. Decker
Released: 1999-01-22

A young woman becomes obsessed with a small-time North Carolina rock singer.

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The Avenging Angel

as Bill Hickman
Released: 1995-01-22

Miles Utley is a professional Mormon commando/bodyguard who is forced to turn renegade and to...

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Two Ways Home

as Walter
Released: 2020-12-29

Soul-touching and moving, TWO WAYS HOME compassionately follows Kathy (Tanna Frederick), a woman...

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Talent for the Game

as Rev. Bodeen
Released: 1991-04-26

Virgil Sweet is on the verge of losing his job as a talent scout with the California Angels when...

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Making a Deal with the Devil

as MacGivens
Released: 2019-06-20

A fascinating and dramatic tale of a behind the scenes plot developed by the FBI as they work...

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The Badge

as Bull Hardwick
Released: 2002-09-07

A sheriff begins an investigation into the death of a local transsexual after hearing that high...

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Black Limousine

as Mr. Esteridge
Released: 2010-10-19

A ghost story set in the city of dreams.

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Wired

as Detective
Released: 1989-08-25

The ghost of John Belushi looks back on his troubled life and career.

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Double Down South

as Old Nick
Released: 2024-01-19

In a world of illegal, high-stakes gambling, Nick owns a run-down plantation house. He is...

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Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde

as Peter Baker
Released: 1993-08-27

The Bonnie & Clyde story is re-told from a contemporary viewpoint. Clyde in this movie is a...

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The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

as Boone Chate
Released: 1983-08-19

Forced to run from Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman,...

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Love Can Be Murder

as Mike Riordan
Released: 1992-12-14

Elizabeth Bentley is a successful lawyer who suddenly has some "punkish" daydreams of being...

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Flannel Pajamas

as Bill
Released: 2006-11-17

A study of a relationship that starts quickly, burns bright, and then gets rocky, not from any...

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Wildrose

as Rick
Released: 1984-05-04

June Lorich works at the Mesabi Mine on Minnesota's iron range. After an emotionally and...

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The Last Big Save

as Robert
Released: 2019-05-18

A professional hockey player who is only happy when he is miserable signs a long-term contract...

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The Road to Terror

as Himself - Reporter
Released: 1989-12-24

In The Road to Terror, revolutionaries tell how their dream descended into a nightmare of terror...

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Relentless 3

as Captain Phelan
Released: 1993-08-18

Sam Dietz, the relentless police detective, returns to Los Angeles from a self-imposed exile to...

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The Lightship

as uncredited
Released: 1985-12-14

A trio of robbers, two brothers and their twisted genius leader, invade a lightship, but don't...

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Gospel Hill

as Jack Herrod
Released: 2008-02-09

Gospel Hill tells the intersecting story of two men in the fictional South Carolina town of...

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The Killing Jar

as uncredited
Released: 1997-05-27

Michael Sanford and his wife move to his old town so he can take over the family business....

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Fully Realized Humans

as Richard
Released: 2020-08-08

Parents-to-be Jackie and Elliott embark on a quest for self-actualization before the imminent...

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Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal

as Marshall
Released: 1996-06-20

Irish immigrant Tommy Shaughnessy leaves 19th-century New York City for Kansas and becomes a...

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Going Greek

as Bill
Released: 2001-08-04

Loner freshman Jake Taylor is forced to join the wildest fraternity on campus when the frat...

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Malevolence

as Jim Bradley
Released: 1999-02-01

A young prisoner tells his story to an FBI agent. How unjust judicial system, systematic abuse...

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Brothers of the Head

as Eddie Pasqua
Released: 2006-07-28

In the 1970s a music promoter plucks Siamese twins from obscurity and grooms them into a...

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Georgia

as Erwin Flood
Released: 1995-05-19

Sadie looks up to her older sister Georgia, a successful folk singer. Unfortunately it is this...

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A Woman for All Men

as Construction Worker
Released: 1975-08-01

Irascible and domineering millionaire Walter McCoy marries the beautiful, but shady and...

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Desperado: The Outlaw Wars

as Billy Dobbs
Released: 1989-10-10

Duell McCall visits his old girlfriend, Nora, and learns that she gave birth to his child. He...

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Massive Retaliation

as Kirk Fredericks
Released: 1984-09-01

Three families that are best friends head to their secret retreat when WW3 seems to be nearing....

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Distant Thunder

as Louis
Released: 1988-11-11

A troubled Vietnam war vet deserts his wife and child shortly after he returns from the war. He...

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Senior Love Triangle

as William Selig
Released: 2019-09-08

An 84-year old charming but delusional WWII veteran forms relationships with two elderly women...

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Undoing

as Don
Released: 2007-12-05

A crime drama set in LA's Koreatown, UNDOING introduces us to Samuel, who returns after a...

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Nightbreaker

as Dan Cutter
Released: 1989-03-08

Dr. Alexander Brown arrives in Las Vegas, awarded for his recent medical invention. An ex-G.I....

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Familiar Strangers

as uncredited
Released: 2008-01-01

"Familiar Strangers" asks the question. "Is it really possible to relate to ones parents and...

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The Ever After

as Father O'Meara
Released: 2015-02-13

Ava and Thomas live--to outside eyes--the good life, complete with a child and a lovely home in...

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Runoff

as Scratch
Released: 2015-06-26

The beauty of the land cannot mask the brutality of a farm town. As harvest draws near, Betty...

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Shimmer

as Mr. Speck
Released: 1993-10-01

The solo actor in Shimmer tells the story by becoming each character in turn. The play takes...

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Dillinger

as Captain Matt Leach
Released: 1991-01-06

Crime drama based on the real-life story of US gangster John Dillinger, who was hunted by the...

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Follow Me Home

as Larry
Released: 1997-02-28

Three muralists (one Chicano, one Black, one American Indian) and the socially-maladjusted...

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Revenge on the Highway

as Officer Russell Yates
Released: 1992-12-02

At his wedding Claude Sams has an argument with his son about his life-style; in anger Paul...

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When Hell Was in Session

as Lt. Jim Norton
Released: 1979-10-08

This film describes Navy Commander Jeremiah Denton's 7-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war....

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The 3,000 Mile Chase

as Richette
Released: 1977-06-16

Secret courier Matt Considine accepts the mission to escort chief witness Dvorak and his wife...

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As You Like It

as Jaques
Released: 2017-09-15

A modern-day, all-male re telling of Shakespeare’s comedy classic about lovelorn lads, vengeful...

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Promised a Miracle

as Michael Elliot
Released: 1988-05-19

True story of a couple charged with manslaughter when their rejection of modern medicine in...

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What Price Victory

as Eldon Ray
Released: 1988-01-18

What Price Victory is about the effect that unscrupulous college football recruiting practices...

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Feel

as Buck
Released: 2006-12-01

Over the course of a single day, four different men visit a massage parlor looking for some kind...

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Incident at Vichy

as Police Guard
Released: 1973-12-06

Adapted from Arthur Miller's play, film focuses on a group of Frenchmen who are detained at...

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Tales of the Apple Dumpling Gang

as Eli Nugent
Released: 1982-01-16

A remake of the 1975 feature film. Donavan arrives in town and soon finds he is the legal...

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Monday After the Miracle

as Uncle Ed
Released: 1998-11-15

Movie based on the true story of Helen Keller, now an adult, and her teacher, Annie Sullivan....

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Buffalo Soldiers

as Gen. Pike
Released: 1997-12-07

They've ridden dusty miles without end and fought fierce battles. Yet when these brave...

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Family Sins

as Sheriff
Released: 1987-10-25

Gordon has a loving wife and two sons, Bryan and Keith, but he favors his spoiled younger son...

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Hurricanna

as Dentist
Released:

In an attempt to save Anna Nicole Smith's life, her devoted therapist, Khristine embarks on a...

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Dark Around the Stars

as Silky
Released: 2013-09-13

Glen is on a drunken road trip when he plots to commit suicide on his birthday. His decision...

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Pain Within

as Joseph
Released: 2007-03-30

A drama about child abuse and its long term effects on its victims.

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Session

as Dr. Albert Solomon
Released: 2011-01-20

A psychological suspense drama-thriller where a psychologist becomes obsessed with one of his...

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The Commitment

as Abe
Released: 1976-01-01

A salesman's marriage is at stake due to his increasing gambling debts.

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After the Denim

as James Packer
Released: 2010-01-02

"After the Denim" is the story of James Packer, a retired accountant and recovering alcoholic...

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Grey's Anatomy

as Mr. Schultz
First aired: 2005-03-27

Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan...

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NCIS

as Miller Thompson
First aired: 2003-09-23

From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents...

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Law & Order

as Whitten
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Monk

as Bennie Wentworth
First aired: 2002-07-12

Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using...

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The Office

as Heinrich
First aired: 2005-03-24

The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional...

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Rizzoli & Isles

as Redmond Jones
First aired: 2010-07-12

Perhaps their strikingly different personalities make the relationship between detective Jane...

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The X-Files

as Sheriff Harden
First aired: 1993-09-10

The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files:...

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Bosch

as John Caffrey
First aired: 2015-01-14

Based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels, these are the stories of relentless LAPD...

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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

as Pop-Pop
First aired: 2005-08-04

Four egocentric friends run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia and try to find their way...

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The West Wing

as General Barrie
First aired: 1999-09-22

The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells...

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Dallas

as Mancuso
First aired: 1978-04-02

The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all....

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The Waltons

as Dr. Curtis Willard
First aired: 1972-09-14

The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World...

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Murder, She Wrote

as Jonathan Bailey
First aired: 1984-09-30

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...

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Ray Donovan

as Judge Roger Wettick
First aired: 2013-06-30

Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top...

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Battlestar Galactica

as Joe
First aired: 2004-10-18

When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged...

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The Rockford Files

as Officer Hensley
First aired: 1974-09-13

Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con...

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The Rockford Files

as Jeff Cooperman
First aired: 1974-09-13

Cranky but likable L.A. PI Jim Rockford pulls no punches (but takes plenty of them). An ex-con...

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Goliath

as uncredited
First aired: 2016-10-13

Once a powerful lawyer, Billy McBride is now burned out and washed up, spending more time in a...

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Roswell

as Everett Hubble
First aired: 1999-10-06

Bizarre things start happening in the little New Mexico town where UFOs were spotted in 1947....

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Kojak

as Brenner
First aired: 1973-10-24

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New...

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Crazy like a Fox

as Trumble
First aired: 1984-12-30

Crazy Like a Fox is an American television series set in San Francisco, California, that aired...

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Ice

as Jonah Kreshman
First aired: 2016-11-16

A diamond dealer navigates the culturally diverse and treacherous world of the diamond business.

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Mr. Sunshine

as General Mitch Tompkins
First aired: 2011-02-09

Ben Donovan is a self-involved manager of a second-rate San Diego sports arena who begins to...

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Misfits of Science

as Jeffries
First aired: 1985-10-04

A superhero fantasy television series featuring super-powered humans and their madcap adventures.

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Love, Lies and Murder

as Leverette
First aired: 1991-02-17

Love, Lies, and Murder is a 1991 American miniseries starring Clancy Brown, Sheryl Lee, Moira...

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The Dain Curse

as Sgt. O'Gar
First aired: 1978-05-22

Hard-boiled private dick Hamilton Nash is hired to investigate a case of stolen diamonds, which...

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